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Irish |
By most accounts, this was the first major immigrant group to enter the United States. |
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Urban politics became the route for Irish immigrants to follow to attain local power and upward mobility. In most cases, this person was closely affiliated with corner taverns and often some aspects of criminality. |
The Politician |
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This name has become synonymous with political corruption in New York. |
Tammany Hall |
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This person operated a typical political machine that ultimately became famous as one of the most powerful, corrupt, and violent in U.S. history. |
Thomas Joseph Pendergast |
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In 1933, this bloodiest crime event of the decade took place in Kansas City. |
The Union Station Massacre |
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This national movement, also known as the Noble Experiment, was spearheaded by prohibitionists, who ostensibly believed that alcohol was a dangerous drug that destroyed lives and disrupted families and communities. |
Prohibition |
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This person caused Chicago to be epitomized as one of the most ruthless and crime-ridden towns in the nation. |
Al Capone |
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More in legend than in fact, the personal integrity of Eliot Ness and his band of detectives earned them this name from journalists. |
The Untouchables |
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Contrary to claims by journalists and some law enforcement officials over the years, this group was never a formal organization with any kind of national or international ties. |
The Black Hand |
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This person was the epitome of a big-time gambling operator and moneymaker for more than twenty years in New York. He was so successful that he was never indicted for any of the crimes in which he was involved. |
Arnold "The Brain" Rothstein |
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The city of Cicero, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, and the Hawthorne Hotel are associated with which gangster? |
Al Capone |
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Which is true of organized crime in Chicago around 1900? The Irish dominated organized crime operations with some help from Jewish participants. A variety of ethnic groups shared organized crime activities on a semi-equal basis. Italian Americans formed a tightly centralized core of organized crime operators. Little organized crime activity occurred around the turn of the century except for minor numbers rackets. |
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During the 1920s, which cities saw black organized crime operators gain more influence than they did in other cities? |
Chicago and Detroit |
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In the majority of cases, which descriptors fit both Irish and Italian immigrants to the United States? familiarity with absentee landlords, non-Anglo Saxon ethnicity, Catholic religion |
all of the above |
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Which best explains the appeal of political machines for immigrants from Italy and Ireland? They sold cheap beer and liquor to city employees. They were dominated by Republicans who favored a loose political structure. They provided jobs and city services in return for votes. They offered a quick opportunity for buying land outside the city limits. |
C |
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Which political machine was scrutinized by the Seabury Investigations? |
Tammany Hall |
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Which city is associated with the Union Station Massacre of 1933 and the crime corridor of the 1930s? |
Kansas City |
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Which event spurred organized crime operations in the United States prior to the Prohibition Era? |
the passage of the Harrison Narcotics Act |
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Which best describes the effectiveness of the Noble Experiment? effective in the major cities but not in rural areas, highly effective nationwide, somewhat effective in Catholic areas but not elsewhere, ineffective in most major U.S. metropolitan areas |
D |
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Which best explains the motive of supporters of the Prohibition Movement? a need to discourage crime in middle class areas, a wish to encourage sobriety among all social classes, a belief that society needed social reforms, a desire to curb the influence of new immigrants |
D |
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The city of Cicero, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, and the Hawthorne Hotel are associated with which gangster? |
Al Capone |
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The Black Sox Scandal implicated Arnold Rothstein, who was called to testify in Chicago in 1920. After arriving at the courthouse in a black limousine and acting as an indignang New York impresario, Rothstein confinced the grand jury that he was innocent. T or F |
T |
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Of all of the early-organized criminals in New York, the cool-headed Frank Costello was probably one of the most politically influential. T or F |
T |
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Without a doubt, Vito Genovese was one of the most kind and helpful mob bosses in U.S. history. T or F |
F |
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Joseph Bonanno worked for Chicago's Al Capone in the bootlegging business during the 1920s. In the early 1930s, he moved to New York and worked for gang boss Salvatore Maranzano, who was in the midst of his ongoing war with Joe Masseria. T or F |
T |
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Joey Colombo began his criminal career as a low-level thief until he was ultimately taken into Al Capone's syndicate. T or F |
F |
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Upon his death in 1976, law enforcement officials widely believed that Carlo Gambino had probably been the most powerful organized crime figure in New York. T or F |
T |
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Before he was sentenced to prison in 1992, John Gotti was the prototype of the new breed of Italian American criminal. T or F |
T |
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John Gotti's alleged heroin operation was really headed by Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano. T or F |
F |
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Three South American criminal entrepreneurs, Jorge Luis Ochoa-Vasquez, Carlos Lehder-Rivas, and Pablo Excobar-Gaviria, formed a cocaine trafficking alliance that later became known as the Medellin cartel. T or F |
T |
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Between 1983 and 1993, Pablo Escobar was credited with the assassinations of a Colombian attorney general, a justice minister, three presidential candidates, more than 200 judges, thirty kidnapping victims, dozens of journalists, and an estimated 1,000 police officers. T or F |
T |
